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Officials naively thought they could bypass the press and speak directly to the public.
Writing last Sunday in the New York Times Magazine , New York University politics professor Mark Lilla claims to have discovered why the Sixties still incite debate in America (under the guise of the culture wars) whereas such matters have long since been resolved in Europe: Americans naively make a religion out of democracy.
But I naively underestimated its effect, imagining a bunch of dumb reviews and one or two hand-wringing op-ed pieces.
That's the question pundits have naively debated since Clinton was impeached.
A supervisor appeared, quickly signed while avoiding my naively friendly gaze, and handed me to Junior, who then proceeded--methodically, if not neatly--to unpack everything I was carrying, and to toss my clothes, toiletries, etc., into a dirty bin nearby.